[Info-vax] MultiNet Install...

[Christoph Gartmann]

In article <2616c1b6-cb75-4b32-b24b-e71268fee018 at d5g2000yqg.googlegroups.com>, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> writes:

>I got a Hobbyist license PAK and installed it for MultiNet 5.3 for
>VAX. I successfully downloaded, unzipped (took forever even on an
>emulator) and installed it using VMSINSTAL.
>
>It didn't go well somewhere,

So where exactly was the error and what error message did you get?

>$ @SYS$SYSROOT:[MULTINET]START_MULTINET.COM
>
>(in the SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM file)
>It returns an error reporting it didn't work. Understandable as
>START_MULTINET.COM is actually at:
>
>DUA0:[MULTINET.VAX_COMMON.MULTINET]START_MULTINET.COM

This location is all right.

>I assume this is supposed to be defined as some sort of LOGICAL but
>I'm not sure what or where.

Multinet uses quite a few logicals that are defined during startup.

>The documentation for the install is a bit vague. My basic issue is I
>can ask it to start using:
>
>@DISK$STAR69:[SYS0.SYSUPD.MULTINET053.MULTINET]START_MULTINET
>
>But it returns:

If there is stuff in SYSUPD, then the install process didn't complete. I would
suggest that you remove everything and reinstall Multinet again from the
beginning.

>I'm pretty sure it's only half installed or I missed a step.

Indeed.

Regards,
   Christoph Gartmann

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